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The Benefits of Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration for Urban Community Resilience in a Time of Climate Change and COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesLand, 2021
The major global pressures of rapid urbanization and urban growth are being compounded by climate impacts, resulting in increased vulnerability for urban dwellers, with these vulnerabilities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Mitchell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The experience of Madagascar. Decentralising land management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Projects to take control of vast areas of arable land in Southern countries have revived interest in public policies to improve land tenure security. Often based on principles inherited from colonial times and focusing on the issue of land titling by ...
Teyssier, André
core   +1 more source

Rural Migrant Workers in Urban China: Does Rural Land Still Matter?

open access: yesLand
The purpose of this study is to test the response of rural–urban migration to land endowment while recognizing the heterogeneity of land tenure security perceptions.
Huiguang Chen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Land Allocation on Land Tenure Security, Settlement, and Land Use Stability of Households and Individuals in Central Vietnam

open access: yesGeographies
This study was conducted to assess the impact of land allocation on the land tenure security, settlement, and land use stability of households, individuals in Central Vietnam. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to test the model using survey
Bui Thi Dieu Hien   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Access, Tenure and Investment in Post-War Northern Mozambique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The relationship between land investment and tenure security is usually tested in land scarce but peaceful areas. This article examines instead the effects of land abundance and war for investment and tenure security.
Brück, Tilman
core  

Securing Land Transactions with Biometric data in Ghana

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020
There is a gap between land tenure and the physical land giving room for impersonation, multiple allocation and sale of plots, loss of possession, land racketeering and fraud through forgery. Hence, the need to identify unambiguously parties involved in
Samuel Boamah Asiedu
doaj   +1 more source

Poverty, property rights and land management in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes
This study investigates the impact of poverty, social capital and land tenure on the adoption of soil fertility management (SFM) and conservation technologies in Uganda.
Birungi, Patrick, Hassan, Rashid M.
core   +1 more source

Land reform and certification in Madagascar: does perception of tenure security matter and change? : [Draft] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Malagasy land reform, ongoing since 2005, belongs to the new generation of land reforms. It promotes the legal recognition of existing landholders' rights (through certification) and the decentralization of land management.
Andrianirina, Nicole   +7 more
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The role of land certification in reducing gaps in productivity between male- and female-owned farms in rural Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper analyses the impact of a low-cost land certification programme on the productivity of female-headed households. The hypotheses tested in the paper emphasise on the interaction between the constraints that female-headed households face in terms
Bezabih, Mintewab   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Land Access, Tenure and Investment in Post-War Northern Mozambique [PDF]

open access: yes
The relationship between land investment and tenure security is usually tested in land scarce but peaceful areas. This article examines instead the effects of land abundance and war for investment and tenure security.
Tilman Brück
core  

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